you must remember this

I got back from my grandmother's funeral in Phoenix on Wednesday, and while I was there I spent a lot of time looking through old photographs. There are many of them, and they are all quite wonderful -- I'm afraid I never realized how glamorous and elegant she was, and how much she cherished beautiful things.

I love love love this dress. So simple and sweet. And those darling little shoes!

At the moment all we have is photographs of photographs, so the quality isn't great. I'm really looking forward to getting more of them...especially this one of she and my grandfather sitting at a table and smoking. They look so tough, we dubbed them Bonnie and Clyde.

This is my grandmother on her wedding day with her sister, Dorothy. I love how excited they are. The real photo is a little blurry, too, full of motion and life.